Spanish-American War USN "Bottle Green" color

[bonmaquettiste]

Hello there!

During the Spanish-American war, torpedo boats such as the USS Winslow and the ram USS Kathadin were painted, I believe, in a dark green color, somewhat like bottle green.

Is there a Testor's Model Master color that approximates this color?

I have seen some contemporary 1898 colorized photos of the USS Winslow on some websites and, if I can find nothing better, then I will go with that - the color appears in these images to be a very dark olive green.

Thank you for any help that you can give me in this search.

Best regards,

Alain

[Tracy White]

The Federal Standard palette did come into existence until the 1950s, so there is no FS number for it. I have no further info.

[Rob]

Hello there!

During the Spanish-American war, torpedo boats such as the USS Winslow and the ram USS Kathadin were painted, I believe, in a dark green color, somewhat like bottle green.

Is there a Testor's Model Master color that approximates this color?

I have seen some contemporary 1898 colorized photos of the USS Winslow on some websites and, if I can find nothing better, then I will go with that - the color appears in these images to be a very dark olive green.

Thank you for any help that you can give me in this search.

Best regards,

Alain

I doubt you would find anything for certain.

Look at b/w photos if you have any and try to judge level of darkness off that.

i suspect you are looking for a dark olive drab. You might find something suitable in the paints intended for tanks?

cheers,

rob

[Tracy White]

I doubt you would find anything for certain.

It depends on how long you can wait... there was some research being done on the topic but it's a couple of years out from publication.